Understanding Banking for Women in Early 20th Century Practice
Katherine Louise Smith explains banks types national state and savings, how to open an account, hold a pass book and checks. She emphasizes obtaining credentials for introductions maintaining confidentiality and using two accounts for savings and business to ease deposits withdrawals and record keeping.
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Katherine
Louise Smith
Joseph B. Bowles
Jane Raymond Evans
Jane X. Evans
J. R. Evans
Giles Chooses Polly Then Banns Cost Halted
In a comic English village tale Giles first plans to wed Polly the butter maid but shifts to Jenny the farmer's daughter. The clergyman explains new banns must be read and fees paid, but Giles balks at the extra cost and finalizes the marriage to Polly.
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England
Polly
Giles
Jenny
Zur
Giles the Careful
Pretty Polly
Eyeglasses for Soldiers in Japanese Army
The Japanese government provides a large supply of eyeglasses to its soldiers due to widespread defective vision among troops.
Road Probe Likely Over Rail Lobbying in Iowa
Des Moines reports that Senator Gilliland of Mills proposes in the upper house a resolution demanding Gov. Cummins prove claims that railroads spent money to defeat the primary bill. The measure seeks details on money flows and influential figures, with a push for sworn witness testimony and possible investigation of railroad agents in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Woodard
Des Moines, Inc
Gilliland
Mills County
Senate
Gov. Cummins
Iowa
Des Moines
Friends of
Gov
Cummins
Sane Fourth Firecracker Bill Moves Toward Law
Des Moines Indiana reports that the Offilant bill, passed by the house and now before the senate committee, is expected to become law. It forbids any person from using selling or keeping toy pistols revolvers caps with dynamite and firecrackers over three and one half inches long or three eighths inch in diameter with penalties up to 100 dollars fine or 30 days imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House
Senate
Iowa Delegation Backed for Rail Rate Reform
The senate adopted Senator Courtright's concurrent resolution endorsing President Roosevelt's railroad rate regulation plan and praising Iowa's delegation for backing the president. The measure thanks William B. Allison John P. Dolliver and all Iowa representatives for supporting an interstate commerce commission to fix reasonable freight rates. The house passed the resolution.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Courtright
Iowa
House
William B. Allison
John P. Dolliver
United States
Congress
Iow
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hart Child Labor Bill Clears House Amid Debated Amendments
The House approved the Hart child labor bill 64 to 24 after a day of debate. Only Wise’s amendment passed, easing age and work limits for rooms in canning factories, while striking a strict section on literacy requirements. The Berry pure food bill then passed the Senate unanimously and awaits gubernatorial signature. In agriculture news, Iowa farmers urged the Powers reciprocal demurrage bill to force railroads to supply freight cars for grain, but a committee move to send it to railways failed.
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House
Wise
Canning
Iowa
House Committee On Agriculture
Senate Defeats Agriculture Directors Election Bill
The bill to elect the state department of agriculture directors by districts failed due to no constitutional majority in the senate. Senator Gilliland, sponsor, filed a motion to reconsider. Debate was heated but halted by a previous question motion.
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State Department of Agriculture
Department
Senate
Gilliland
Smith Muld
Primary Election Plan Proposed by Representative Greeley
A House bill by Representative Greeley of Story county regulates primaries. Any party with at least 40 percent of county vote may hold a primary under conditions: state committee calls state convention with 90 days notice, district committees call district conventions with 60 days notice, and county committees schedule primaries and county conventions with 30 days notice.
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Greeley
Story County
Hume bill caps Iowa telephone charges for all messages
The Hume bill to the Iowa house fixes maximum charges by telephone companies. It requires that rates apply to all messages and that all lines entering a town connect with every other line. Fines range from 25 to 41.01 percent for first offenses and 100 to 500 dollars for subsequent offenses.
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Iowa
House
Bill would allow majority verdicts in Iowa juries
Representative Martin proposed a bill to let nine jurors decide a verdict while three jurors may hold one view and the other nine another. If enacted, the majority would govern the verdict instead of requiring unanimity.
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Iowa
Martin
Iowa Senate Moves to Prohibit Sunday Theater Shows
Senator Warren Garst introduced a measure in the Iowa Senate to ban Sunday theater shows with a $50 fine. The proposal targets all places of amusement open on Sundays across the state.
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Iowa
Senate
Warren Garst
Galveston Bill Slain by Senate Committees
State house committees on cities and towns recommended indefinite postponement of the Galveston bill for government by commission. Des Moines will continue city council meetings and aldermen for another year at least.
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Galveston
Senate
State House
Dess Moines
Indeterminate Sentence Bill Proposed in House
Representative Cummings introduces an indeterminate sentence measure setting fixed maximum and minimum prison terms by judge for non life terms. The governor appoints a three member pardon board with party balance to determine when sentences expire, with initial terms of two four and six years.
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Cummings
House
Iowa Legislature Briefs Signal Budget and Policy Moves
Iowa swine breeders press Des Moines for a swine pavilion funding. Senate banking backs out of-state lending. house backs drainage bonds. Mines committee trims inspectors exam time from 60 to 20 days, settled at 40. Iowa monument near Chattanooga placed after three trials. dedication soon. Dozens of liquor bills mostly die, Mott and state marshal bills fail. Anti pass measures chaired by Senator Hopkins move forward. Teter bill on shot firers amended for passage. McClurkin itinerant medicine license hike objected in Webster City. Local option liquor bill introduced. Hart of Albany co author of new child labor bill. Telephone measures and two cent fare debates expand in legislature.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Capitol
Senate Banking Committee
House
House Committee On Mines
Rossville Gap
Chattanooga
Tenn
Senate Committee On
Mott
Smith
Senate Committee On Railroads
Hughes
Turner
Hopkins
Winne
Harper
Saunders
Stirton
McClurkin
Hergiott
A. M. Burnett
Webster City
Lundt
W. S. Hart
Allamake County
Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin
Pardon Near Ends Life of Des Moines Woman
Des Moines reports Sarah Kuhns, awaiting a legislature pardon, killed herself after writing a confession accusing her elderly husband Jacob Kuhns of murder in a bid to wed a younger man. The confession, now with the board of control, outlines the plot that led to his death. The Iowa Legislature split on a pardon two years ago and might have granted one this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Sarah Kuhns
Jacob Kuhns
Board of Control
Plea Entered in Crowe and Levi Hold-up Case
Pat Crowe pleaded not guilty before Judge A B Thorne on the joint indictment with Arthur Levi for holding up two street car crews on July 2 1908. He was released on a 1500 bond signed by his brother John Crowe his wife and Joseph Nansel. Crowe’s trial on the hold-up charge is postponed until March.
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Council Bluffs
Pat Crowe
A. B. Thorne
Arthur Levi
John Crowe
Joseph Nansel
Crowe
Doctor Getsz Seized After Cocaine Fueled Threats
Dr H L Gotz former president of the International Association of Railway Physicians and Surgeons and ex postmaster of Marshalltown was arrested after a cocaine fueled frenzy to kill his family. He tried to shoot the sheriff and was taken to Independence State Hospital for treatment.
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Marshalltown
H. L. Gotz
International Association of Railway Physicians and Surgeons
Getz
Independence
Tragedy in Mount Pleasant as Becker Shoots Family
In Mount Pleasant a 20 year old daughter of County Physician R B Allen was killed and Mrs Allen seriously injured when bullets were fired at them in their home by Car Becker a young farmer. Becker’s body was found on the town’s outskirts later believed to be suicide after a possible unrequited love motive.
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Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Florence
R. B. Allen
Two Die in Iowa Freight Collision Near Eldora
Des Moines reports engineer Willard of Mason City and Brakensall Sheehan of Oskaloosa died in a head on crash of two Iowa Central freights near Eldora. A trainman was injured and Slreman Rogers suffered minor injuries as crews misread orders. Willard was trapped beneath burning cars.
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Des Moines
Willard
Mason City
Brakensall Sheehan
Oskaloosa
Iowa Central
Eldora
Slreman Rogers
Cummins Declines to Serve on Lawson Commission
Des Moines reports Gov. A B Cummins informed Thomas W Lawson of Boston that he would not serve on the Lawson proposed commission to vote proxies held in the New York Life and Mutual Life companies and to take other steps to make the action effective.
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Cummins
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
New York Life and Mutual Life Companies
Second Death by Own Action Reported Near Here
Shell Rock records a second death by self harm near the locale with Harriet Methfessel drowning in a water tank. Other notes include Fairfield merchants opposing scarce slot machines, Mason City court proceedings on Ben Hur orders, and Burlington closing women resorts by March 3. Additional items cover a scalding baby in Charles City, Martin Wescott’s five-year sentence for murder, Willam Ploy’s fatal fire, and local library dedications in Waterloo.
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Shell Rock
Lere
Mes
Harriet
Methfessel
Fairfield
Patrfield
Mason City
Triza Court
Ben Hur
Burington
Burlington
Charles City
Claude Duncan
Mion City
Martin Wescott
George Longe
Anamosa
Supreme
Waterloo
Iowa
de Steihorst
Grundy Center
Forest City
Trom Rein
Hancock County
Roosevelt seeks to avert coal strike with union leaders
President Roosevelt intervenes to prevent a April 1 strike in the coal fields. He writes to John Mitchell, urging renewed efforts to settle the bituminous wage scale and avert national disruption. He notes the joint interstate wage agreement aided long peace and asks Mitchell and Robbing to cooperate through the National Civic Federation trade committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
United Miners
Indianapolis
Mr. Mitchell
White House
Washington, D. C
Robbing
National Civic Federation
Theodore Roosevelt
Missouri Insurance Chief Reports Four Firms Withdraw From State
Jefferson City Mo Our insurance commissioner said four companies plan to quit Missouri when their licenses expire March 4 The Mutual Reserve Life company of New York along with Bunkers Lite Mutual Reserve Cosmopolitan Lite and Northwestern National Life will withdraw The move avoids action by the commissioner who had prepared an ouster order but will not be needed as withdrawals proceed The policy contracts remain valid in Missouri despite withdrawal
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Phoenix
Thomas Grey
Jefferson City
W. D. Vandiver
Missouri Insurance
Bunkers’ Lite Company
New York
Mutual Reserve Life Company of
Cosmopolitan Lite Company
Freeport, IL
Northwestern National Life Company
Minneapois
Mutual Reserve Company of
George JD
Massacre of Missionaries Reported Near Nanchang China
Reports from Shanghai and Peking detail the slaughter of several English and American missionaries near Nanchang in Kilang Province. Four English missionaries including a wife and two children are said killed with a Japanese ship to Nanking ordered to Kor Klang. The Yangtze river area, about 400 miles inland, is cited as the scene of the unrest.
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Shanghai
Napchung
Khangsi
Peking
Tsrkitish
Aoman
Nanchang
Kilangal
Washington
Rodgers
State Department
Jilungst
Kingham
Ei Cang
Ae Nanking
Kluklang
Yangtse River
Supreme Court Rules on Questions at Hearing
In Jefferson City Missouri the supreme court held that witnesses must answer questions at hearings in St Louis. The decision centers on H. H. Rogers who declined to answer questions at the New York hearing.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
St.ouis
H. H. Rogers
New York
Williamson Libbey Lumber Company Goes Into Liquidation
Oshkosh Wis Feb 27 The Williamson Libbey Lumber company manufacturers of sash doors and blinds and organized in 1866 has gone into liquidation. Liabilities about 500000 will be paid in full as the heirs of D L Libbey founder pool their assets to cover the claims.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Williamson Libbey Lumber Company
D. L. Libbey
National Assembly to Meet on May 10
St. Petersburg reports an imperial order states the national assembly will convene on May 10. The notice outlines the formal meeting date and the expectations for legislative session commencement.
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St. Petersburg
National Assembly
Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Michigan City
Michigan City health officials announced 20 smallpox cases in the city on Monday. Most patients are children from a ward school which has since closed. exposed students are being vaccinated to prevent further spread.
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Michigan City
Ind
City Board of Health
Building Trades Strike for Higher Wages in East St Louis
About 50 carpenters and 1 000 other building trades workers walked out Monday in East St Louis Wisconsin to press for higher pay. The action involved organized labor as workers halted jobs in a show of wage demands.
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East St. Louis
Is Earth Alone in the Universe According to Double Star Theory
Astronomers question how many worlds like Earth exist as Prof. Lee argues double star systems make Earth unique. He notes the sun’s dominance and the rarity of planets in other star systems, suggesting life conditions differ greatly from our solar system.
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T. J. d. Lee
United States Navy
Alfred Russel Wallace
Lee
Soo
Entente of Culture Seeks Cross Nation Understanding
A letter from 41 German writers artists and scholars urges better Anglo German ties criticizing anti British rhetoric during the Boer War and calls for shared culture religion art and scholarship. Forty one British leaders reply with friendship and caution against belligerent journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New York
Penes
Boatswains Pipe Restored By Admiralty
The Admiralty reintroduces the boatswain's pipe after a period of disuse. Ships will issue pipes to sea-going vessels and provide instruction in sounding the pipe to selected petty officers and boys, reviving a traditional naval routine.
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Admiralty
Whitehall
Westminster Gazette
Indian names spread across United States and beyond
A St Nicholas note observes that Indian names appear widely from coast to coast in the United States and in many states and places. It highlights beauties like Tippecanoe Minnehaha and Susquehanna while noting some harsh terms, all reflecting indigenous origins in rivers lakes and landscapes.
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United States
Great Lakes
Superior
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Arkansas
Tippecanoe
Minnehaha
Snsquehanna
Alabama
St Nicholas
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